(11/03/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- On Wednesday afternoon the 2005 CoSIDA (College Sports Information Director's of America) All-Academic Teams were announced Centenary College's Steve Bodei (Hackettstown / Hackettstown) was named to the District 2, College Division First Team of Academic All-Stars.  This is the second consecutive year Bodei has been recognized by a National Association for his outstanding academic accomplishments.  His accolades include, being the recipient of the Centenary Athletic Department's Achievement Award (2005), the Education and History Department's Certificates of Merit (2004), Writing Center Tutor of the Year Award (2004), Membership into the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, and a three year member of the Centenary College Dean's List. Along with his successes in the classroom, Steve has also been a four-year member of the Centenary Men's Soccer program which just recently finished its fall season.  He will graduate in the Fall of 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education, and currently holds a cumulative GPA of 3.85.

(10/31/05) Old Westbury, NY -- After trailing 3-0, the Old Westbury mens soccer team bounced back to tie the game at five, forcing overtime in todays Skyline Conference finale. The two teams battled through the darkness through scoreless overtime frames, resulting in a 5-5 draw. The Panthers finish the season with 5-11-1 overall record and a 1-7-1 mark in the Skyline conference.

4:45 into the game, Steve Bodei received a cross from the far side of field and shot the ball on the run behind Panther goalkeeper Brian Hicks for the 1-0 lead. The Cyclones took a 2-0 lead 12 minutes later when Brian Engisch sent the ball from the backfield in the air over the midfield line. Kissinger Barreau, breaking from the left side, met up with the ball and beat Hicks one-on-one. Josh Stearns added another goal at the 35:01 mark, giving Centenary a 3-0 advantage.

Old Westbury finally responded, getting itself on the board with a penalty kick three and a half minutes later. Centenary goalie Donnie Iudica committed a foul, resulting in the free kick. Alex Renwart connected on the free kick, making the score 3-1 at the half.

At the 50-minute mark, Brandon DeNoyer scored for Old Westbury, cutting the lead to one. After a defensive miscue by the Cyclones resulted in a scramble in front of the net, Shawn Holland tipped it to DeNoyer, who rotated and tapped the ball into the net.

Centenarys Barreau and Andrew Clifton scored back-to-back goals over a two minute span to take a 5-3 lead, seemingly putting the Panthers out of the game. Old Westbury, however, once again answered, as Renwart blasted a shot into the net from 10-yards out, kicking off the first of three-straight Panther goals.

Bryan Smiths goal off a pass from Clifton Jourdain made the score 5-4 as time began to run out. The Panthers continued to attack over the next three minutes and, as the field began to darken, Holland knotted the score at five with a header off of a throw-in from Kyle Nolan with just 48 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime.

DeNoyer nearly tallied the game-winner in the first 10-minute OT session, but his header from 5 yards away was stopped by Iudica. The Panthers had another attempt late in the second overtime session, but Iudica once again blocked a header, this time from Holland on the same play in which he scored the game-tying goal earlier in regulation.

Neither team connected in overtime and the game ended 5-5 after 110:00 minutes of soccer.

(10/29/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- In the afternoon's second game, the Centenary Men dropped a 7-0 decision to Rutgers-Newark.  The visiting Scarlet Raiders took an early 3-0 lead and never looked back.  RU-Newark received scores from Haris Krsic (Wallington, NJ/Lodi), Joe Tutalo (West Orange, NJ/West Orange), and Soloman Nnanna (Orange, NJ/King's(Nigeria) in the opening half,  for the three-goal halftime cushionContinuing for the first  half, the Cyclone offense was stymied by the Scarlet Raiders defense and goalkeeper Matt Johnson (Montclair, NJ/Montclair) who  made three saves in his 70 minutes of play.  The Cyclones did put together some nice combinations over the course of the  game, but were just unable to put any away.  Through the first 17 minutes of the second half, RU-Newark had added one more score on for a 4-0 advantage.

Following a few substitutions off the bench in the 70th minute, the scoring re-opened as the visitors notched three goals in a stretch of 4:30 minutes.  Two by Zak Yermolenko (Union, NJ/River Dell), one by Vinny Porta (Jersey City, NJ/Hudson Catholic) and one from Joe Caamano (Linden, NJ/Linden), put the game out of reach.  RU-N's Caamano finished with a game-high five points (1 goal, 3 assists), as eight different Scarlet Raiders registered points in the victory.

For Centenary in the loss, goalkeeper Donnie Iudica (Dingmans Ferry, PA/St. Peter's(NY) made four saves.  The win improved Newark to 6-10-1, as the Cyclones fall to 5-12 overall.

(10/22/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- Earlier this afternoon, Centenary's Men's Soccer team played host to the visiting Mariners of US Merchant Marine and were defeated 5-0 in today's Skyline Conference match-up.
 
In the first half, the Mariners jumped out to an early lead as Nick Dandapani (Greenwich, CT / Joel Barlow) netted a goal assisted by Chris Flanagan (Yaphank, NY / St. Anthony's) with just four minutes underway.  Flanagan then scored a goal 11 minutes later which was assisted by Kyle Flynn (Poughquag, NY / Arlington) to put the mariners up 2-0.  Just before the half, Merchant Marine's, Will Sprouse (Cortland Manor, NY / Hendrick Hudson) and Connor Pratt (Stafford, VA / Colonial Forge) both knocked in a goal apiece to end the half at 4-0.

In the second half, Centenary played great defense to keep the Mariners scoreless.  However, Kyle Luetjen (Overland Park, KA / Blue Valley) managed to score the last goal of the game.  Centenary's goalkeeper, John Osorio (Dover, NJ / Dover) ended the day with 13 saves out of 20 shots on goal.
 
Today's loss drops Centenary to an overall record of 5-10 as US Merchant Marine improves to 12-3-2 overall.

(10/11/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- In the second game of this afternoon's double header, the Centenary Men took on Mount Saint Vincent and shut them out 3-0.
 
In the first half, the Centenary men jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Joshua Stearns (Mt. Laurel, NJ / Holy Cross) scored a goal assisted by Kissinger Barreau (Manahawkin, NJ / Southern Regional) with just two minutes into the half.  Barreau came back just six minutes after the first goal to net one in assisted by Justin Defeo (Hawthorne, NJ / Hawthorne) to give Centenary a 2-0 lead at the half.  The Cyclones proved to be very strong on offense today as they took 15 shots to MSV's three in the first half.

In the second half, Centenary kept the same intensity, as they put more pressure on their Goalkeeper, William Raferty (Brooklyn, NY / Salesian) and whizzed at him 17 more shots on goal, (32 total) as he made seven saves with a total of 16 saves on the day.

Steve Bodei (Hackettstown, NJ /Hackettstown) also chipped in by scoring Centenary's third and final goal.  Centenary's goalkeeper, Donnie Iudica (Dingman's Ferry, PA / St. Peter's, NY), also recorded his first shut out of the season as they beat MSV 3-0.

Today's win improves Centenary to an overall record of 5-8 as Mount Saint Vincent drops to 3-6-1 overall.

(10/11/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- Earlier this afternoon, the Centenary Men's Soccer team played host to the visiting Bloodhounds of John Jay College and defeated them 2-1.

The game was scoreless throughout the first 34 minutes of play.  Centenary took 14 shots on goal in the first half while John Jay's goalkeeper, Francisco Orellano (Bronx, NY / World of Cultures), saved seven of his total 11 in the first half. Coming up within 35 minutes, Centenary's Kissinger Barreau (Manahawkin, NJ / Southern Regional), netted an unassisted goal to give the Cyclones a 1-0 lead to end the half.

In the second half, the bloodhounds tied the game at one a piece when senior, midfielder; Luis Vasquez (Goshen, NY / Goshen) scored an unassisted goal.  However, the Cyclones quickly scored again 20 seconds later as Barreau notched his second goal of the day which was assisted by Andrew Clifton (Flanders, PA / Gil St. Bernards).  Goalkeeper, Donnie Iudica (Dingman's Ferry, PA / St. Peter's, NY) totaled seven saves on the day as John Jay had a total 15 shots on goal.

Today's win improves Centenary to an overall record of 4-8 and drops John Jay College to 3-10-1.

Visiting Medgar Evers Takes Down Cyclones 4-1.

(09/17/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- Earlier this evening in a game shortened because of darkness, visiting Medgar Evers College defeated Centenary 4-1 in their non-conference Men's Soccer match.

Following a start that was delayed by more than an hour, the Cougars of MEC jumped off the bus and onto the attack.  After just nine minutes of play Dwayne Hassing connected on a scoring chance to the visitors the early advantage.  Medgar Evers again converted on a second unassisted goal, when Hugh Chen found the back of the net.  This pushed the Cougars lead to 2-0, which they kept until halftime.

Early in the second half the host Cyclone seemed to put it together making aggressive offensive runs, and controlling the ball.  In the 49th minute, Centenary freshman Josh Stearns (Mt.Laurel/Holy Cross) took a pass from Justin DeFeo (Hawthorne/Hawthorne) and stuck it past the MEC goalkeeper, trimming the margin to one.  The visitors did not take long to answer however, as just two minutes later Hugh Chen was awarded a penalty kick, for being taken down on a one-on-one break with Centenary goalie.  Chen promptly pushed the lead back to two goals at 3-1.  From there on out, the Cyclones were unable to put together another much needed push for the rest of the half.  Medgar Evers' Craig John added a fourth score for the Cougars with just over two minutes remaining.  The victory improves MEC to 2-5-1 on the season.  Goalie Kenyata LeBraun made eight saves to record the road win.

As for Centenary, John Osorio (Dover/Dover) also made eight saves in the opposing net.  The Cyclones play again this Thursday in another non-conference match-up, this time they travel to Brooklyn College for a game at 4:30pm.

(09/17/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- Earlier this afternoon the Centenary Men's Soccer team defeated St. Joseph's-Patchogue 1-0, for their first Skyline Conference victory of the season.

In a very defensive first half both teams had only a few scoring chances that were turned away by both keepers and solid team defense at both ends.  SJC did mange a 9-2 shot advantage, although the scoreboard stayed at a 0-0 tie through the first 45 minutes of play.  In the second half, the host Cyclones began to mount a few offensive runs that were again held off by SJC keeper Mark Tripi (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place).

In the 88th minute, as the game began to look destined for overtime, the Centenary offensive made another break through run.  The Cyclones Pat Glackin (Whitehouse Station/Immaculata) took a solid shot from just a few feet out that was saved by Tripi.  Then on the rebound, freshman Pat Trivino (Lyndhurst/St. Mary's) hammered it into the back of the net for the Cyclone goal. The home squad was able to play possession soccer for the final minutes, and notch their second consecutive victory and first on their Skyline schedule.  Despite out-shooting Centenary 15-6, the loss drops the visiting Golden Eagles to 2-3 overall, and 0-1 in the conference.

The win improves Centenary men to 2-3 overall, 1-0 in the Skyline. Both goalkeepers had excellent

(09/07/05) Hackettstown, NJ -- In men's soccer, Montclair State University defeated Centenary by the final of 9-0.

The game remained scoreless through the first 23 minutes of play, until MSU's Bill Anthes (Cranford, NJ / Cranford) scored his first of two goals for the day to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead.  Five minutes later, Ryan Morgan (Princeton, NJ / Princeton) also netted a goal giving MSU a 2-0 lead at the half.

In the second half, MSU's began to pull away when Athens, scored his second goal assisted by Sean Horan (Tinton Falls, NJ / Red Bank Catholic).  Morgan then scored his second of three total goals a minute later.  The MSU bench then came in and added four more goals to put MSU at nine goals.  Juan Perez (Dover, NJ / Bayley - Ellard), Kamil Kluczynski (Wallington, NJ / Paramus Catholic) and Kyle Bowe (Mt. Laurel, NJ / Lenape) each chipped scoring a goal and tallying one assist.  Jeff Rowe (Harrisburg, PA / Harrisburg) also scored a goal late in the second half.

Today's win keeps Montclair State undefeated as they improve to an overall record of 3-0 and Centenary drops to an overall record of 0-3.

Centenary's Men's Soccer program heads into its second season under the direction of Head Coach Keith O'Connor.

In his first year with the Cyclones, O'Connor lead the team to an overall record 4-13-1, giving the men one more victory then the year before. Their 3-5-1 record in the Skyline Conference was good enough for a sixth place finish, which included a three-game unbeaten streak in the season's final week. Victories over Yeshiva University and Mount Saint Mary College, and a 1-1 draw versus Old Westbury, left the Cyclones with something to look forward to heading into this season.

With eight starters back from a team that returns 10 players off of last year's roster, Centenary head coach Keith O'Connor has high hopes for the 2005 season. Among the starters are the team's top three goals scorers, senior Manny Nieves, junior Kissinger Barreau, and sophomore Andrew Clifton. This trio accounted for 60% of the Cyclone offense a year ago and will be looking for more of the same this fall.

Barreau returns as Centenary's top scorer, netting eight goals in 2004. Throughout most of the season, he was ranked in the conference's top five for goals per game and in the top ten for points per game. He joins Nieves as the two up front players for Coach O'Connor who are able to create shots. Nieves, who normally works opposite Barreau, tallied five goals a season ago, while playing a very aggressive forward position.

Clifton is the team's decision maker, as general of the Cyclones midfield. His distribution of the ball last year on the attack, was something that enabled Nieves and Barreau the chances they capitalized on. Clifton closed out his freshman year with two goals and an assist.

Senior Steve Bodei also returns this fall as the team's defensive anchor and veteran of the back row. Bodei, a two year captain of the Cyclones, is one of the team's most consistent players. His leadership both on and off the field is something makes him standout within the Centenary lineup. Both Nieves and Bodei were selected to the NSCAA East Region's Academic All-American Honorable Mention team following last season.

Sophomore Justin DeFeo is another underclassman who brings great enthusiasm to the program. Last year DeFeo was the only Cyclones player to be nominated for the Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week award. With the solid group of returning players, the addition of three transfers, and four true freshman, Coach O'Connor and the Cyclones are looking to make a run at the Skyline Conference playoffs this fall. Their schedule is one that will test them early, and give a good idea as to where the team is in September.

The Men open the year at Drew University's Fall Festival, where they take on SUNY-New Paltz. They then host inter-state rival Montclair State in their home opener the following week. The Conference schedule then gets underway in mid-September, slating the Cyclones against talented teams such as USMMA, St. Joseph's - Patchogue, and the 7th ranked team in the country (pre-season) Stevens Institute of Technology.

DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	RESULT
SEPTEMBER
3	SUNY - New Paltz #		L, 5-1/0-1
4	Moravian #		L, 6-3/0-2
7	Montclair State		L, 9-0/0-3
14	Yeshiva University %		W, 4-1/1-3
17	St. Joseph's %		W, 1-0/2-3
19	Medgar Evers College		L, 4-1/2-4
22	Brooklyn College		W, 1-0/3-4
24	Farmingdale State %		L, 2-1/3-5
27	Hood College		L, 6-0/3-6
OCTOBER
1	Manhattanville College %		L, 7-2 / 3-7
6	Mount St. Mary College %		L, 4-2/3-8
10	John Jay College		W, 2-1/4-8
15	Mount St. Vincent College %		W, 3-0/5-8
19	NY Maritime College %		L, 6-2/5-9
22	USMMA %		L, 5-0/5-10
26	Stevens Institute %		L, 10-0/5-11
29	Rutgers University - Newark		L, 7-0/5-12
31	SUNY - Old Westbury %		T 5-5/5-12-1
NOVEMBER
2	Skyline Conference Playoffs	TBA
5	Skyline Conference Finals	TBA
Home games are BOLD # Drew Fall Festival Contest % Skyline Athletic Conference Contest
Head Coach: Keith O'Connor - 2ND Season, Loyola (MD) '98 Assistant Coaches: Tim Sanfratello

NO.	NAME	YR.	POS.	HT.	HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL
0	John Osorio	SO	GK	6-3	Dover/Dover
1	Donnie Iudica	JR	GK	5-9	Dingmans Ferry, PA/St. Peter's, NY
3	Pat Glackin	JR	MF/F	6-1	Whitehouse Station/Immaculata
4	Patrick Trivino	FR	MF/B	5-3	Lyndhurst/St. Mary's
5	Jimmy Barone	JR	MF	5-10	Sussex/Vernon
6	Steve Bodei	SR	B	5-8	Hackettstown/Hackettstown
8	Kissinger Barreau	JR	F	5-9	Manahawkin/Southern Reg.
9	Andrew Clifton	SO	MF	5-8	Flanders/Gil St. Bernard's
10	Justin DeFeo	SO	MF	5-8	Hawthorne/Hawthorne
11	Josh Stearns	FR	F	6-0	Mt. Laurel/Holy Cross
12	Shaun Young	SO	MF/B	5-11	Towaco/Bayley-Ellard
13	Walter Gilgorri	SO	MF/B	5-9	Parsippany/Parsippany
15	Eric Van Pelt	SR	F	5-10	Collingswood/Collingswood
18	Brian Esposito	FR	MF	5-7	Washington/Warren Hills
20	Brian Engisch	JR	MF/B	6-0	Frenchtown/Delaware Valley
21	Manny Neives	JR	B/F	5-8	Hammonton/Hammonton
24	Dave Radziak	SR	B	5-10	Cherry Hill/Cherry Hill West
Head Coach: Keith O'Connor - 2ND Season, Loyola (MD) '98 Assistant Coach: Tim Sanfratello

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